Guiding Principles

While reading through Focus and Priorities I was struck by the idea that the world may change, progress and grow in a myriad of ways, but if we are people grounded in solid principles we'll always know how to react to those changes and incorporate them into our life. It's the same kind of idea that Dr. Knutson espoused about parenting in his interview with Jon De Pre, the principles of parenting don't change just because your children now spend part of their time hanging out  in the virtual world, you still want to know where they're going to be and who they're going to be with. It makes me stop and ponder what the guiding principles in my own life are since I don't believe I've ever really enumerated them. It seems that it could be said that my main principles boil down to fulfilling my commitments and trying to keep the Spirit in my life, and of those, maintaining the Spirit is the most important. If you can keep the Spirit in your life you'll know if your striking the right balance between school, work, publishing a sloppy web comic, watching community, performing your church calling, taking care of your spiritual well being, socializing, etc... If you're trying to do what's right then you'll know the right thing to do.